The #AltRightPoetry they won't teach you in cuckservative English class

If it has often seemed to you that the Donald Trump phenomenon is less about ideology than some ineffable mix of betrayal, loss, fear, insecurity, and anger, you're not alone. It's hard getting a handle on a voter base whose platform rests on truths deeply felt rather than, say, baseline reality.

Which means, among other things, that the Trump candidacy—bizarrely outflanking so-called "cuckservatives" with xenophobic proclamations while remaining unapologetically liberal on issues like abortion—is perhaps best expressed in art, not stump speeches. Specifically: poetry.

This phenomenon kicked off in part because a Trump booster said that the #AltRight comprises a new, important generation of artists and thinkers.

Craigslist’s Missed Connections is one of the most curious manifestations of modern romance. There we are able to project a multitude of feelings of about our love lives—fear, hope, regret, obsession, and of course, longing.